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<td class="titleLeft" align=left width="33%"><b>websGetRequestUserName</b></TD><td class="titleCenter" align=center width="33%"><b> 
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GoAhead EMF</B></TD></TR> </TABLE><HR> <h2>Synopsis</h2><p>Return the user name 
specified by the browser with the current request.</p><h2>Prototype</h2><pre> #include &quot;webs.h&quot; 

 char_t *<b>websGetRequestUserName</b>(webs_t wp); 
</pre><h2>Parameters</h2><table width=100% BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> 
<TR> <TD VALIGN="TOP" width="5%">wp <TD width="95%">Web server connection handle.</TD></TR></table><h2>Description</h2><P>The 
websGetRequestUserName procedure returns the user name supplied by the browser. 
After a user has entered a username and password to access a secured Web page, 
the browser will continue to provide that username and password with every request 
for Web documents under that point in the URL hierarchy. <A HREF="websGetRequestPassword.htm">websGetRequestPassword</A> 
and websGetRequestUsername return decoded 
strings. </P><P> Note: The <A href="websSecurityHandler.htm">websSecurityHandler</a> 
currently ignores the user name. </P><h2>Return Value</h2><p>Pointer to a statically 
allocated string containing the decoded password. Do not call <A href="../basicapi/bfree.htm">bfree</A>.</p><h2>Example</h2><pre> 
path = websGetRequestUserName(wp); </pre><h2>Stability Classification</h2><p>Stable.</p><h2>See 
Also</h2><p> <a href="websGetRequestPassword.htm">websGetRequestPassword</a>, 
<a href="websSecurityHandler.htm">WebsSecurityHandler</a></p></td></tr></table>
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